This racist POS thinks the majority is victimized by discrimination.

On climate change and lighthouses: "today’s business leaders aren’t lobbying to illuminate risks and aren’t building lighthouses... those who appreciate the new risks are either trying to benefit privately... or are trying to keep risks hidden." probablefutures.org/perspective/...

As a general matter I don't care for the "college student of a political persuasion is the voice of their party" nonsense. But I wish those who do made as much noise about antisemistism among college republicans as they do among college dems. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

I recently visited Loyola Ambulatory Surgery Center in Oak Brook. We discussed their surgery services and barriers to equitable healthcare access.

In my next life, I'm going to set up a think tank full of politicians dedicated to telling journalists how to do their jobs better.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

IF Donald Trump was a child rapist and IF the Epstein files provided evidence of said CR and IF the Department of Justice was so completely corrupt that they redacted everything to protect said CR this is exactly what the redacted docs would look like. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

This is what responsible adults do when confronted with gun tragedies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/w...

A crypto company with $4M in revenue and a $3B market cap that is led by Devin Nunes that merges with a nuclear fusion play is NOT going to develop a new technology. This is just what an overvalued company with no meaningful value proposition does before it pops. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

According to Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump's favorability has fallen by 150% since January.

The only good thing about Trump's involvement in crypto is that he is exposing it for the scam it is. But the collateral damage when this pops is going to be painful given the absence of any meaningful oversight at SEC and CFTC, plus an overly compliant Congress this session.

Following the hateful and antisemitic shooting at Bondi Beach, Australians immediately got to work to prevent the next tragedy. I'm ashamed that the United States, after 393 mass shootings so far in 2025, refuses to follow suit.

I agree with my colleagues. The government should not "embolden other public officials to exploit their offices for personal gain". That's as true for Madigan as it is for Honduran cocaine traffickers, crypto money launderers and Trump himself. chicago.suntimes.com/michael-madi...

He's off his f***ing rocker

My office received over 450 holiday cards through our Holiday Card Drive! Earlier this week, I dropped off cards and met with residents at Mayslake Retirement Village in Oak Brook.

Every single argument that House Republicans are making on the floor right now to justify attacking drug traffickers from Venezuela without Congressional authorization could be used by Venezuelans to justify military strikes on US gun shipments to Central America.

Unlike Greg Bovino, Rick Moranis isn't a racist ass, has his ego in check and his dad didn't kill someone while driving drunk. But they do, on occasion dress the same way.

Given the collapse of all Republican health care plans last night the ONLY option Speaker Johnson has to end the year without blowing up our healthcare system is to bring a clean vote to the floor on ACA extensions. It would likely pass. Everything else is deadly theater.

Given the collapse of all Republican health care plans last night the ONLY option Johnson has to end the year without blowing up our healthcare system is to bring a clean vote to thr floor on ACA extensions. It would likely pass. Everything else is deadly theater.

Today, the Financial Services Committee considered legislation to block credit card companies from using a specific code to identify gun retailers. These codes are applied to nearly every other type of business. It should be opposed by anyone who cares about preventing Americans from being shot.

This is disgusting. If you think that you have a unique view on which religion is is the truest you aren't a legislator. You're a bigot. To take an oath to the constitution is to be committed to freedom of religion for all. This is not that. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

If you’ve ever had cause to criticize the quality of a subordinate’s work and they respond by saying “but I’ve been working really hard!”, you’ve learned about their inherent incompetence. And know what it’s like to talk to Mike Johnson.

This whole article reads like a baseball manager describing a bad team. And if there were no stakes to her job that would be fine. But she chooses to keep working with them.

Back when Rubio was a Senator, you could tell when he'd done something he didn't want to talk about because he'd tweet a random bible verse to deflect. I'd challenge you to come up with one to defend what he's allowed to happen to USAID. This is evil. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

So sad. It's hard to imagine a world that doesn't include Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, Spinal Tap, and so many others. A toast to the family, to art and to leaving something beautiful behind. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...

"Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted." www.pew.org/en/research-...

Again, this is all mumbo jumbo. The reason we measure inflation based on a combined basket of goods is to see economic wide impacts on consumers. Cherry picking data is political hackery, not economics.

Hassett's consistent commitment to lying about data in order to shill for Trump's vapid economic policies makes him a good fit for this administration - and, for the same reason, a terrible pick for the Fed where independence is paramount.

With it's dependence on anonymity, multiple tools to destroy transaction paper trails and built in conflicts of interest between brokers, dealers, issuers and exchanges, crypto is perfectly designed for financial fraud. And yet, under Trump, the sheriff has left town.

The RFK, jr effect.

It's that time of year. Top 10 books I read in 2025. For your reading, holiday shopping - and with a request to share suggestions in the comments for me to add to my 2026 list! In no particular order:

This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Going on CSPAN in 30 minutes, taking calls from all over the country. Always fun, not least because of the wild diversity of callers. Tune in! And call in!

Please get vaccinated. This doesn’t have to happen. But it will happen more, and with more fatalities as long as RFK Jr and his anti-science enablers continue to spread disinformation. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

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Kommissar is pleased to announce generous allocation of two pencils per child. Thank the kommisar for his bounty!

Sitting in a financial services hearing right now with Simon Johnson. He’s quite smart. And it’s worth reading his diagnosis of the problems with and MASSIVE risks created by crypto regulation that has passed the House and Senate this term. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/u...

And here we are, once again, with every member of the House being stuck on the floor because the Republicans are mad at each other and Tom Emmer can't run a whip operation. Top to bottom incompetence.

This is the behavior of a man who can hear the footsteps of the defense catching up to him. He's panicking. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Finally, a politician with the courage to stand up to Big Pencil.

Kristi Noem and ICE have terrorized Illinoisans for months. Her racism and xenophobia have no place in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This is an interesting read for anyone thinking about a career in the energy industry - or for regulators thinking about where the private sector is adding / losing jobs. A few select quotes: www.iea.org/reports/worl...

Paying people to backfill holes that you paid other people to dig is no basis for a competitive economy.

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The next financial crisis is either going to come from crypto or climate change. In both cases the sources of contagion (un/under insured risks & stablecoins) are growing and completely unchecked by the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Not the biggest lie Trump has ever told. But he lies like he breathes. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This is weak. Choosing not to do what is scientifically necessary simply because it’s politically difficult is the opposite of political leadership. grist.org/politics/pen...

Speaking as a guy who spent 20 years building industrial cogeneration… plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Behind the fence clean energy ain’t new, nor are the utility objections. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...